A rocking footpedal mechanism for driving a tambourine or similar percussion instrument in fore-and-aft oscillation about a pivotal arrangement below the tambourine, the pivotal arrangement and the tambourine-holding shank are so located at one end of the footpedal as to cause the tambourine to strike the leg above a musician's foot operating the footpedal, simulating conventional hand-striking of the tambourine, while leaving the musician's hands free; double action provides positive control of both half-cycles of tambourine oscillation and the pivotal arrangement is preferably spring mounted to provide secondary oscillations when desired.
The invention relates to a musical rhythm instrument comprising sounding bodies, especially in the form of jingles or the like, and a holding device for said sounding bodies, wherein said holding device is designed to be fastened to the user's foot.
A bass drum pedal assembly consisting of a floor engaging support base adapted for selective operative engagement to an adjacent drum beater assembly. A cradle pedal support frame is pivotally mounted on the support base in substantially movable register with and above thereof. The pedal support frame is adapted at the forward free end thereof to operatively engage an actuator strap of an adjacent drum beater assembly. A foot engaging flexible cradle pedal assembly is transversely freely swivellably mounted on the cradle pedal support frame so as to selectively engage the ball of a drummer's foot in self-adjusting contact therewith. The flexible cradle pedal assembly is selectively longitudinally and vertically adjustable when mounted in its operative use position on the cradle pedal support frame. The cradle support frame is adapted to selectively actuate a drum beater assembly when connected to the actuator strap thereof in response to foot pressure selectively exerted upon the flexible cradle pedal assembly.
A musical instrument that having a shaker that is adapted to house a plurality of impact particles. The instrument employs a spring mass system where the mean mass of the impact particles provide a force due to the accelerations as the impact the lower portion of the inner surface of the shaker member. Where the force of impact of the impact particles causes a compression of a shaker spring which provides an opposite force upon the impact particles while the spring is expanding and hence raises the mean mass of the impact particles away from the lower portion of the inner surface of the shaker. Thereby, the impact particles repeat the cycle of falling upon the lower surface and a damping oscillation motion is created. Where the impacts of the impact particles causes a desirable musical sound.
A foot pedal for electronic drums includes a lower tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by pressing down, and an upper tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by raising the foot. Also included is the joining of the upper and lower extensions (tab, pedal or other) into a pedal assembly that includes: a hinge or axle or other device which allows the pedal assembly to rotate in an arc; a striking device (stick, rod or other) that is attached to the pedal assembly and hits impact sensitive electronic drum triggering devices (pads, tubes or others); and an elastic device or spring which returns the pedal assembly to the neutral (at-rest) position.
A foot pedal for electronic drums includes a lower tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by pressing down, and an upper tab or pedal or other extension for triggering by raising the foot. Also included is the joining of the upper and lower extensions (tab, pedal or other) into a pedal assembly that includes: a hinge or axle or other device which allows the pedal assembly to rotate in an arc; a striking device (stick, rod or other) that is attached to the pedal assembly and hits impact sensitive electronic drum triggering devices (pads, tubes or others); and an elastic device or spring which returns the pedal assembly to the neutral (at-rest) position.